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Vinicius Jatobá

Vinicius Jatobá was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has written criticism for Estado de S. Paulo, O Globo and Carta Capital. He has also contributed to the anthology Prosas Cariocas and to the film guide 1968 Cinema Utopia Revolução!. Jatobá has written and directed several short films, including Alta Solidão (2010) and Vida entre os mamíferos (2011). Currently, he is at work on his first novel, Pés descalços, to be published in 2015.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Brazilian Writers Define Betrayal

Various Contributors

‘So that was betrayal: in a magical realm, assassins and elves were involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the king. Or something like that.’

In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition

Vinicius Jatobá and Jethro Soutar | Podcast

Vinicius Jatobá & Jethro Soutar

Vinicius Jatobá and his translator Jethro Soutar discuss the challenges of translating his story ‘Still Life’ the role of China in the story and the intimate bond between author and translator.

In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition

Melanie Rae Thon on Vinicius Jatobá

Vinicius Jatobá & Melanie Rae Thon

‘You see that the only thing that seems to move in its atmosphere is dust suspended against a fine thread of sunlight, that time itself sleeps lazily on the stupefied clocks.’

Fiction | Issue 121 padlock
Fiction | Issue 121 padlock

Still Life

Vinicius Jatobá

‘You see the house and its time, the house and the house alone, though your secrets, your fears and silences still exist there, locked away behind the denseness of the closed doors’

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